Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-14
HISTORY or TIE CRIME.
Mnny New Incidents Now for the Firss
lime Given the Public.

The murder for which Thomas JudSon
Cluyclius pronounced here kla'Veeisl WIZ
to-day suffer tie dcath.penaly was con
miticd about 1890 O'Clock on the night 81
March Is, 1885.
The victim was his second cousin, Fan
ME Lillian Madison, daughther OF Charles
J. Madison, OF King William county.
The scene was the ola (or Marshlll) re-
scryolr, which il in the western confines Of
the city about hundred yards beyond llol
lywood cemetery.
Tbe motive ALLEGED was That Clnyeri1s
hsd hctraycd the girl, and that as her tim
approached she became imporiunlte; tld
ne having engaged himself 10 marry another
saw no way toayoid the exposure, which l.
was IN her power TO make but to XIII her.
How ne went about the crime; bo" hr
sought To cover bis tracks; how ne was dt.
tectcd. arrested. tried, and condemned, VIII
now be briefly told.
PARENTAGE.
Tie parents OF Cluycnus and OF Llil'ao
Madison are poor but wel-ihou !hi-oi peo'
ple. The former live near Little Plymouth,
in King and Queen county; the latter near
Nqn0uin, in King William county. Thes"
counties adjoin. and the Mattaponi rlyer,
which, with the PamuDkey, forms the
York at West Point. l. the dividing line.
Near Little Plymouth also lives Mrs.
Jane TunStall, a cbiluless widow, ripe IN
years, who, at the beginning OF this hsto-
ry. was possessed OF q very comfortable
fortune. Mrs. TunStall and Mrs. Cluye-
rius are sisters. Mr.. Arthur Walker, mi.
ternal grandfather OF Lillian Madison, i
their brother. Cluverius was, therefore,
nephew of Mrs. Tunslall, and Lillian was
her gTandniece.
MRS TUNSTALL's BOUNTY.
Both Cluverius and Lillian had been the
recipients OF Mrs. TuustalPs bounty; D0th
had lived beneath her roof; bO.h received
education at her expense. She sent Gu
ye,ius TO Richmond College, where, in
1883. he graduated from the Inv school
His behavior at college was uneXcepti0nab'e.
and he passed a fair examination. Al
home he was known as pi0us young
mau. That character he did not fully siiS'
tain in Richmond. He kept company with
some diSsOlute women here, TO whom he
had introduced hlmself, or permitted him
self TO be introduced, as Mr. Merton"
Graduating, he returned 10 KING and
Queen, When arrested be had law Office
Al Centrevillc; was assistant superintendent
Of n sunday school, ana be and his brother
Willie were living at Mrs. runstalPs.
Lillian, after attending a public aud
private school, was sent to Bruington
Academy. Here she remained one session
AZ the charge Of Mrs. Tunstall. Among
her sehoolmates at that academy bat never
an intimate one-~as Miss Laura Curtis, o!
Richmond.
COUsINLY ACQUAINTANCE.
In 1883, Lillian returned from Mrs.
Tunstolfs 10 the home Of her pareDts-the
result of some disagreement that bar taken
place between Mrs. Tuniall and Mrs.
Madison. That summer there was neigh.
boI hood talk OF indiscreet letters that had
passed between Lillian and well'digger
named Biggs. Finally each surrendered
the others letters. Lillian burnt hers
when recovered. Out OF this circumstance
arose an enlargement between Lillian and
her parents, and on the sth OF July, 1881,
she left the psreDtal home. and went to her
grandfather Walkers, near by.
romnE VISITS LILLIAN.
In July, In August, aud IN September
Cllyefius visited Lillian at Dir. Walkers.
OF their relations at that date Mr.. Madi-
son saws: 81 regarded Tommle audLiliian
as lovers, and had for some mouths"
NJ. John Walker, son OF Bic. Arthur